| | CUESA's Weekly E-Letter | August 3, 2018 |
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| FEATURED
8 Things You May Not Know about Farmers Markets | | At CUESA, every day is a celebration of local food and farmers, but National Farmers Market Week (August 5 through 11) is all the more reason to show your local love by supporting your favorite market. CUESA is honored to be a Farmers Market Coalition featured market, alongside other outstanding markets across the country. We'll be celebrating at our Ferry Plaza, Mission Community, and Jack London Square Farmers Markets all week long! In anticipation of National Farmers Market Week, we asked you to send us your burning farmers market questions. |
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New! "I Tomato My Farmers Market" Tote Bag | Declare your love this National Farmers Market Week with CUESA's new tomato tote (tomatote?)! These high-quality canvas bags are printed in San Francisco by Ashbury Images, a nonprofit screenprinter that employs local youth. Get yours at our Info Booth for $15, while supplies last.
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| | FOOD TALKS
Watch "The Future of Food: Recentering Our Origins" | Did you miss our sold-out talk last Monday, featuring inspiring food activists Mai Nguyen, Kristyn Leach, Stephen Satterfield, and Edgar Xochitl, and Aileen Suzara? Don't worry--we've got video! Watch it on Facebook.
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| | PARTNER TALK
Next Week! Ripe: California's Organic Farmers Plan for the Next Generation | Monday, August 6 | Tickets are going fast! Join The Journal of Alta California and CUESA at the Ferry Building for a talk about the future of organic farming. Speakers include Alice Waters, Nikiko Masumoto, Warren Weber, Reggie Knox, and Will Hearst.
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| | SPONSORED EVENT
Summer Sangrita: Farmers Market Cocktail Class with El Tesoro Tequila | Saturday, August 18 | Join CUESA and El Tesoro in the CUESA Kitchen, located in the bustling Ferry Plaza Farmers Market, for a fun afternoon of tequila tasting and sangrita making with locally grown peak-summer produce.
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| | SEASONAL RECIPE
Whole-Grain Pasta with Vegetables
| | Author of The Healing Saeeda Hafiz--who is also a Wellness Coordinator at SFUSD and a CUESA Board Member--shares a fresh and simple pasta recipe featuring the season's bounty. | | |
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Ferry Plaza Farmers Market: Saturday, Tuesday, Thursday
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| | THURSDAY @ FERRY PLAZA
Dessert Tacos Next Thursday | Tacolicious's Summer Guest Chef Taco Series is coming to an end! Visit the T-lish stand next Thursday for a single-origin Dandelion chocolate taco with cinnamon ancho ice cream from Tyler Malek of Salt & Straw. Proceeds from the tacos benefit CUESA's Schoolyard to Market program.
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Jack London Square Farmers Market: Sunday
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| | FEATURED SELLER
Wisdom by Wisdom | | Meisha Page makes natural, handcrafted soaps and body butters in a wide variety of scents and colors, including poppyseed, oatmeal milk and honey, peppermint, and lavender. Sweet treats for your skin, her cupcake and cake slice soaps look and smell good enough to eat! | | |
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Mission Community Market: Thursday
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Back for the Season: Hale's Apple Farm | | Dave Hale is one of the few remaining farmers in Sebastopol who continues to honor the tradition of apple farming in the area, growing a variety of flavorful heirloom apples with care and pride. Keep an eye out for Gravensteins and other early-season apples this week! | | |
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Market Update
This is the most up-to-date info about this week's seller attendance at the time of publication. Please stop by the CUESA Info Booth for a market map or check online for any last-minute changes.
Ferry Plaza Farmers Market: Saturday | August 4 August Pop-Up: Arata Farms (figs), Teranga Juice (La Cocina Pop-Up) Returning: Bariani Olive Oil, Capay Mills, Crumble & Whisk, Stepladder Ranch Out: Bodega & Yerba Santa Goat Cheese, County Line Harvest, Elston Family Farms (for the season), Mountain Ranch Organically Grown
Jack London Square Farmers Market: Sunday | August 5 New! Kubé Nice Cream (Mandela Marketplace Pop-Up) Returning: Charlie Clark's, Delicious Kettle Corn, Fresno Family Farm, Great Valley Poultry, The Honey Ladies, Oakland's Own, Roti, Wisdom by Wisdom Out: The Sharp Brothers Community Tent: Friends of the Oakland Library
Ferry Plaza Farmers Market: Tuesday | August 7 Returning: Snyders Honey Out: County Line Harvest
Ferry Plaza Farmers Market: Thursday | August 9 No changes
Mission Community Market: Thursday | August 9
Returning: Hale's Apple Farm (for the season), Jen Kindell
Out: Steadfast Herbs
Music: Manos Lindas (4-6 pm), Cambia (6-8pm) |
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